Slowmation

= SLOWMATION =  ====Slowmation was created by Associate Professor Garry Hoban from the Faculty of Education at the University of Wollongong, Australia. ====

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What is Slowmation? "Slowmation" (abbreviated from 'Slow-motion Animation') is a new teaching approach that uses a simplified form of claymation(stop-motion animation) to engage students in using technology to create their own animations of science concepts. These student-generated digital animations can be enhanced with narration, labels and real-life photos.

Some examples of Slowmation (using play dough) media type="file" key="sound.wmv" width="434" height="420"media type="file" key="Wally2.wmv" width="459" height="419"media type="file" key="globalwarmingkara.wmv" width="434" height="386" align="left"

= = = = = = = An ​ E xample of the Process = =  = = The Slowmation Project =

Rich Assessment Task - students will work in groups of three and one group of four. > = Show and reflect on the movie that your group has created to the class. = ​ Day 5 periods 1 and 2 || Introduction to Slowmation What is Slowmation Video clip examples - Chicken Run, Wallace and Gromit Video examples of student work Discussion || Day 6 period 4 || Group discussion and appoint Group leader Brainstorming ideas for the movie Some suggested ideas: topics currently being taught in Science, English and Social Studies Decide on the learning outcome || Day 3 period 2 || Planning of the story - use either Chunking.pdf or Sequence.pdf || Day 4 period 4 || Storyboarding continued Narration - script to go with the slowmation Make the playdough at home or alternatively if you want, you can purchase them from the Two dollar shop. || Day 5 periods 1 and 2 || Storyboarding continued || Day 6 period 4 || Construction - photographing the sequences Remember to bring the playdough otherwise you will not be able to start making your models || Day 3 period 2 || Construction - photographing continued || Day 4 period 4 || Construction - photographing concluded Deconstruction - importing photos into MovieMaker || Day 5 periods 1 and 2 || Deconstruction - editing/sound/text/transitions || Day 6 period 4 || Deconstruction - final editing || Day 3 period 2 || Group Reflections: Constructive evaluation and analysing the slowmation movie What did you get out of it? How did you work as a group? What was the end product like? Did you achieve the learning outcome that you had originally planned? || Day 4 period 4 || Reflections completed Email completed movies and group reflections to Mrs Yeo || Day 5 periods 1 and 2 || Show the slowmation movie to the class ||
 * 1) Plan/Research - The groups will use their prior knowledge or research a topic in order to have enough information to devise a sequence with different stages or episodes.
 * 2) Chunking/Storyboarding/Explanation and Narrative writing - carefully plan the 20-40 movements for the concept or topic. Roles can be allocated(story-boarder, model-maker, explanation/script writer, photographer). Decisions made about the use of signs, arrows, music and narration (use either of these pdf for your storyboards [[file:Chunking.pdf]][[file:Sequencing.pdf]]
 * 3) Making and Photographing - Make the playdough at home ( recipe - 1 cup flour, 1/2 cup salt, 1 cup water, 1T oil, 1T cream of tartar, food colouring. Warm together in a pot. These are approximate measurements. Add more flour if needed. Store in airtight container. It is best kept in fridge) . Make the models and plan to move them in 20-40 small steps. Models need to be moved easily so don't press them down hard. Mount digital camera and position over carboard/floor so that photocs can be taken vertically looking down. Set the image size on the camera to the smallest (eg 640 x 480 pixels). Models are manipulated and a photograph is taken at each step.
 * 4) Download and import using MovieMaker - Download onto a laptop and copy to the desktop. 'Capture Video' and click 'Import Pictures'. Go to 'Tools', then 'Options', then 'Advanced' and choose picture duration at **0.500** and transition should be set at **0.25** - click 'OK'. Click on the first slide and then 'Ctrl + A' to select all. Drag the photos down to the storyboard. The movie will appear on the storyboard. [|Editing your movie in MovieMaker]
 * 1) Enhance and edit - The movie could be enhanced in several ways: adding sound, music and/or narration; modifying the transitions; adding text.
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